Create camera views for the animation

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Transcript

00:14

Now, InfraWorks' the Storyboard Tool makes this process very easy in that.

00:21

It provides preset tools so that you don't have to manage the visualization tools while you're trying to make the visualization of your project.

00:33

I am not a visualization specialist.

00:35

I love the idea of it, but I'm not very good at it.

00:38

And the Storyboard Tools make this very easy for someone even like myself to do.

00:44

I can go into the Present/Share tab of the ribbon, the Present panel, and the first icon there is Storyboard Creator.

00:51

I'll click on that.

00:53

Now, in here, we've got a storyboard here.

00:55

And then any kind of camera view that we're adding or animation that we're adding will be added here.

01:01

The tool that I'm going to start off with is, it's got some dotted line here.

01:07

This is the Path tool.

01:09

I'm going to use the Create from Component Road.

01:11

So, I'll select on that and then come in and select on this component road.

01:16

It's asking me, okay, along this component road, where do you want the camera?

01:20

I want to look at this like I'm driving in one of the lanes.

01:24

So, I'm going to go 6 feet to the right, a positive 6 feet.

01:27

And my eyeball is 3 feet up off the roadway.

01:30

I also can identify a target.

01:32

In my case, I'm going to put it right in front of me,

01:35

but I could be driving off to the side or have my camera off to the side of the road, looking at the roadway for a certain perspective.

01:44

I am also going to change my speed here.

01:46

See that you've got a couple of presets to choose.

01:49

I'm actually going to choose 45 miles per hour.

01:52

And then I'll choose "Create".

01:55

And that will create those camera views and that kind of panning around a section of our roadway.

02:02

You can see there's quite a bit for the distance that we're going to cover at 45 miles per hour.

02:07

I'll click the plus sign just to get a kind of a preview of what this will look like.

02:10

It starts us at the beginning of their component road,

02:13

which is why I kind of shorten it for this version of it, and then drives us into the bridge and so forth.

02:22

I'm actually going to zip through to the end and take a look at how that end looks.

02:30

I don't want to go all the way to the end of the roadway.

02:33

Once I'm done with the bridge, I want to end this.

02:36

So, I'm going to select on individual section views or individual storyboard views,

02:42

and just hit my "Delete" key and delete those out.

02:47

And then I'm going to hit "Play" so that--

02:49

Actually, I'm going to hit "Stop" and then "Play", so it plays it just to the end of that.

02:55

That way, I can say, well, now from here, I want to do something else.

02:59

I am going to actually browse around.

03:03

I'm going to left click and orbit, just like I would in regular InfraWorks.

03:07

This is actually still your model.

03:09

All the key frames are doing are showing you where the camera will be at certain times of this roadway.

03:16

So, I'm going to come down here, zoom in, and orbit until I get a nice angle on my bridge.

03:24

I want to tell the story of this bridge in an orbit or in a turn view here.

03:30

I'm going to go to the second tool, right next to the Path tool.

03:33

These are other tools that are available for creating visuals.

03:37

Including in this case, I'm going to use the lookaround animation.

03:41

That drops a view in and gives me some settings to work with.

03:45

Again, very friendly to those that are not familiar with animation tools.

03:50

This tool, I'm going to angle to the left-- actually I'm going to angle to the right.

03:55

I want to go about 90 degrees.

03:58

And I don't want to angle up or down, but you could do that while you're setting this up.

04:04

I do also want to fade in on this view.

04:09

So, I'll fade to black.

04:11

I'm going to double click and set my camera back just a little bit on that path and come in.

04:17

It'll fade out and fade in into that rotation view.

04:21

In fact, that's a little bit far out.

04:23

And it's a little out of frame.

04:25

So, I'll come back into that item and say, I do want to angle up,

04:28

maybe about 10 degrees, and just see what that does.

04:31

Now, I can also just preview that particular shot and see how that looks and make other adjustments as I go.

04:40

Now, again, I am going to come around here to the bridgeway.

04:47

Maybe, I want to identify those piers that we have created.

04:51

I'm going to enter in another premade tool.

04:57

I'm going to add a crane animation.

04:59

And I'm going to back up.

05:04

That's almost 500 feet.

05:06

Let's go 200 feet and with a distance up of 20, just to give it some movement.

05:15

We preview that and see what that's going to look like.

05:20

I could probably do a little bit more up.

05:23

So, I'll do 50 feet up.

05:26

And now, I'll click "Play" so we can see the result of all that.

Video transcript

00:14

Now, InfraWorks' the Storyboard Tool makes this process very easy in that.

00:21

It provides preset tools so that you don't have to manage the visualization tools while you're trying to make the visualization of your project.

00:33

I am not a visualization specialist.

00:35

I love the idea of it, but I'm not very good at it.

00:38

And the Storyboard Tools make this very easy for someone even like myself to do.

00:44

I can go into the Present/Share tab of the ribbon, the Present panel, and the first icon there is Storyboard Creator.

00:51

I'll click on that.

00:53

Now, in here, we've got a storyboard here.

00:55

And then any kind of camera view that we're adding or animation that we're adding will be added here.

01:01

The tool that I'm going to start off with is, it's got some dotted line here.

01:07

This is the Path tool.

01:09

I'm going to use the Create from Component Road.

01:11

So, I'll select on that and then come in and select on this component road.

01:16

It's asking me, okay, along this component road, where do you want the camera?

01:20

I want to look at this like I'm driving in one of the lanes.

01:24

So, I'm going to go 6 feet to the right, a positive 6 feet.

01:27

And my eyeball is 3 feet up off the roadway.

01:30

I also can identify a target.

01:32

In my case, I'm going to put it right in front of me,

01:35

but I could be driving off to the side or have my camera off to the side of the road, looking at the roadway for a certain perspective.

01:44

I am also going to change my speed here.

01:46

See that you've got a couple of presets to choose.

01:49

I'm actually going to choose 45 miles per hour.

01:52

And then I'll choose "Create".

01:55

And that will create those camera views and that kind of panning around a section of our roadway.

02:02

You can see there's quite a bit for the distance that we're going to cover at 45 miles per hour.

02:07

I'll click the plus sign just to get a kind of a preview of what this will look like.

02:10

It starts us at the beginning of their component road,

02:13

which is why I kind of shorten it for this version of it, and then drives us into the bridge and so forth.

02:22

I'm actually going to zip through to the end and take a look at how that end looks.

02:30

I don't want to go all the way to the end of the roadway.

02:33

Once I'm done with the bridge, I want to end this.

02:36

So, I'm going to select on individual section views or individual storyboard views,

02:42

and just hit my "Delete" key and delete those out.

02:47

And then I'm going to hit "Play" so that--

02:49

Actually, I'm going to hit "Stop" and then "Play", so it plays it just to the end of that.

02:55

That way, I can say, well, now from here, I want to do something else.

02:59

I am going to actually browse around.

03:03

I'm going to left click and orbit, just like I would in regular InfraWorks.

03:07

This is actually still your model.

03:09

All the key frames are doing are showing you where the camera will be at certain times of this roadway.

03:16

So, I'm going to come down here, zoom in, and orbit until I get a nice angle on my bridge.

03:24

I want to tell the story of this bridge in an orbit or in a turn view here.

03:30

I'm going to go to the second tool, right next to the Path tool.

03:33

These are other tools that are available for creating visuals.

03:37

Including in this case, I'm going to use the lookaround animation.

03:41

That drops a view in and gives me some settings to work with.

03:45

Again, very friendly to those that are not familiar with animation tools.

03:50

This tool, I'm going to angle to the left-- actually I'm going to angle to the right.

03:55

I want to go about 90 degrees.

03:58

And I don't want to angle up or down, but you could do that while you're setting this up.

04:04

I do also want to fade in on this view.

04:09

So, I'll fade to black.

04:11

I'm going to double click and set my camera back just a little bit on that path and come in.

04:17

It'll fade out and fade in into that rotation view.

04:21

In fact, that's a little bit far out.

04:23

And it's a little out of frame.

04:25

So, I'll come back into that item and say, I do want to angle up,

04:28

maybe about 10 degrees, and just see what that does.

04:31

Now, I can also just preview that particular shot and see how that looks and make other adjustments as I go.

04:40

Now, again, I am going to come around here to the bridgeway.

04:47

Maybe, I want to identify those piers that we have created.

04:51

I'm going to enter in another premade tool.

04:57

I'm going to add a crane animation.

04:59

And I'm going to back up.

05:04

That's almost 500 feet.

05:06

Let's go 200 feet and with a distance up of 20, just to give it some movement.

05:15

We preview that and see what that's going to look like.

05:20

I could probably do a little bit more up.

05:23

So, I'll do 50 feet up.

05:26

And now, I'll click "Play" so we can see the result of all that.

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